Mission No 174

MISSION NO. 174
COLOGNE, GERMANY

14 JANUARY, 1945

With most of the Group still grounded at Woodbridge, the Group supplied twelve ships to comprise the lead box of the 94th B Combat Wing with Major James M. Havey as Air Commander. The target was the bridge across the Rhine at Cologne.

Assembly was accomplished with some degree of difficulty. Because of weather conditions, the route over the Continent was flown to the right of course in order to stay in Division formation. A visual run was made on the primary target, with each squadron performing its own sighting. There was no cloud coverage, and the MPI was identified without difficulty.

One squadron from another group, bombing ahead of the 457th, apparently unable to locate its own target, bombed the 457th objective. The MPI was identified from about 15 to 20 miles away, and bombs were released from 24,900 feet. Bombing results were reported as excellent. Flak was intense and accurate with eleven craft suffering damage.

CREW LOADING LIST

January 14th, 1945
Mission No 174 Target: Cologne, Germany

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748th Squadron

749th Squadron

750th Squadron

751th Squadron

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Lauren M. Spleth John F. Welch George R.Nichols Robert L. Haynes Edward J. Grybos Norman T. Ozenberger Edwin A. Reynolds John J. Briol Harry J. Cornell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Basil R. Dundas Jr. William G. Litogot John W. Martin Antonio Papaianni Paul A. Stancil Gerald a. Cook William C .Craig Allen A Sharpe Robert P. Ingraham	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Howell Eugene F. Howard Robert D. Beltz John S. King Thomas D. McCormick Lee R. Groman S. Moore Frank C. Tucker Robert F. Witeaker	Capt Maj Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Lt	Roy H. Kirk James H. Havey Lionel J. Cussons Richard L. Hamel Valerian J. Keksan Joe T. Clary Joseph A. Macke Oscar B. Stauff, Jr Thomas Davis William R. Fauntleroy

	A/C # 606		A/C # 828		A/C # 796		A/C # 422
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Kelly P. Jacobs Josey H. Nelson James P. Guyot Albert F. Czarnowsky Robert E. Gee Jacob L. Finnerty George H. Haby, Jr. Charles F. Brown John T. Sullivant	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Delmar A. Stanley Parks E. Rea Carl E. Shieffer Leonard Y. Wendrow Leroy R. Ford Roger J. Howell Norman C. Kiestler Dale W. Mason John A. Schuck	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James R. Holden Vaden P. Pitts John S. LeVar Leo J. Kleinpeter Leo I. McCombs Paul A. Esvanko Lile B. Bradley Bertram G. Johnson Jackson R. Campbell	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Medford E. Hollis Robert H. Cummings John F. Kelly, Jr Richard I. Hinman Charles Calcaterra Leonard O. Vittitow Mario D. Terenzio Joseph S. Kutas Louis H. Pena Mario D. Terenzio

	A/C # 101		A/C # 947		A/C # 635		A/C # 621
p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Albert B Gross William P. O Connor Robert J. Jacobson Tommy M. Pruitt James L. Gray Harold P. Hubert Frank E. Humphries Hubert O. Newell William D. Oden	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Robert H. Reed Jesse J. Costanias William D. Bird Charles K. Major Robert J. Vilan Charles K. Major Joseph M. Hamilton Kenneth J. Kuchler Herbert E. Dollar Peter P. Angott	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Frank R. Guca Clifton R. Smith Melvin K. Stoner Glyn E. Aleshire Emil T. Pavlus Robert F. Olwick Albert J. Yost Elton A. Clodfelter Charles T. Root	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Eugene C. Ricker Donald E. Miller Anthony D. Paruta Pete A. Antonella Murray L. Cooper William C, Lundy Abe Venick John K. McKinney Howard H. Jacobson

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p cp n b tt ro bt lwg tg	Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	James Wilson William C. Manspeaker Eldon E. Smith Joseph H. Gabino John S. Bozoudes Albert E. Baker Charles A. Wilt Robert A. Storey Paul F. Amann	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Thomas L. Gregory Frederick C. Ernest Arthur M. Livingstone Stanley P. Gillespie George W. Perry Robert J. Hayes Linville Wills Walter L. Slate Laride A. Battisti	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt	Roy H. Kirk Thomas W. Prior Arvo J. Kajander Valentine W. Stype Edward A. Grover Rocco V. Montagno Harold W. Logsdon Willard Krueger Alexander E. McDougall	Lt Lt Lt Lt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt Sgt

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